This newspaper article is from early 1975...as Vic Rumore arrived at WKGN!

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"The last time WIVK-FM was not #1 was the April/May 1980 Arbitron book, when WEZK had a 19.9 share to WIVK-FM's 19.7. I have every ARB report for the market since they started surveying it in 1970. Would love to see some of the old Pulses though if anyone's got any copies to share!" (Chris Huff)

Ladies and Gentlemen...Suitcase Simpson~

"If you've ever worked in Ktown radio, reserve Tuesday December 14! That's the date for the 1st Annual Knoxville Radio Reunion. Location TBA. No cost to you except for your lunch. It'll be patterned after David Carroll's Veterans of Radio Wars reunion in Chattanooga. Bring at least one great story...4 or 5 if you've got 'em! Send your email to~

BillMiller2010@aol.com."

Joe Anderson rode shotgun with alot of zany morning DJs...in '76 it was with Steve West at WKGN...



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Steve West (Bridgewater) returned to Ktown in '82 as PD and morning drive DJ at country WRJZ 620, his moniker was Dr Don West!

Happy 101 birthday wishes to former WNOX morning DJ John E. Douglas!

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More re the last time WIVK was not #1~

"My Pulse Report of Sept. 1973 shows WNOX as #1." (Your Dave Young)

The year is '76, America celebrates it's 200th birthday and the verbiage "Spirit of '76" is alive and well.

Over at WKGN 1340 Dr Al was still PD but had given up morning drive for middays. Here's their line up~

6 Steve West
10 Dr Al
3 Pat O'Brien
7 Barry Tucker (Mike Beck)
12 Kris Lee (Kerry Lambert)

The 101 Audio Vault features Pat O'Brien...



From the 101 InBox here are some answers to Mike Beck's question...

"I’m pretty sure WEZK or 93.7 or whatever beat IVK one or two books sometime in the 80’s. Then it goes back to 1966 that they have been No. 1. Of course up until about the mid 70’s it was the AM 850 WIVK. Then WIVK FM took over even though it was a Mono Fm until about 75. Jim Dick’s turn your half a radio into a whole radio with an FM converter in the 60’s drove FM penetration in the market from 20% to 80% in about 18 months from 66 until 68." (Paul Lyle)

"On the question of which station was the last to top WIVK in the ratings– I just wanted to throw my guess in. Was it WIMZ? Seems I remember the big “Frogbusters” promotion hitting WIVK pretty hard right before I went to work there. Several stations have hit number one in various day parts or demographics over the years, but WIVK was number-one in the 12+ category during all of my 14 years there and beyond." (Tonya Stoutt-Brown)

The 101 Audio Vault travels to 15Q...Dave Elrod and Charlie Fox~



From the 101 InBox~

"Hey George, hope you're doing well. Question for you. I read today that WIVK has been #1 for 109 straight books, which surprised me a little, I thought it might even be more than that! Do you know the last station to beat WIVK? My guess is WEZK. Thanks!"

Mike Beck
Operations Manager
WAFX-WNOR-WJOI
Norfolk - Virginia Beach

The summer of 2010 12+ Arbitron ratings have been released...

WIVK 18.4
WJXB 9.7
WKHT 8.9
WWST 7.3
WIMZ 7.1
WOKI 4.9
WNOX 3.3
WCYQ 3.1
WNFZ 2.6
WNML-FM/WNRX 2.5
WQJK/WRJK 2.3
WNML 1.1
WAEZ .7

Dr. Al Adams was a popular voice in Ktown in the 60's and 70's. Here's the good doctor in the mid 70's on WKGN...



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Congrats to WIVK for being named CMA medium market station of the year and to their morning team "Andy and Alison" and producer Jimmy for being named DJ's of the year!

From the 101 InBox Chip takes us down memory lane...

"Hey George...I know George Mooney's name is spoken often. He is an icon of Knoxville radio. George's son Pat, was my roommate while we were at UT. I spoke to him last week for the first time in over 16 years. Good news, George is alive and kicking. He moved to Anguilla for a few years, after his second wife's death. He is now 92 and living in an assisted living facility in Knoxville. There were a lot of us who were invited to his house on the lake when he was in his hey day. After a few "POPS", George would enthrall us with all his stories and then -- and this is true--would get behind the boat and barefoot ski behind Cherokee Blvd laughing at the top of his lungs. He is a true character --I am sure there are more stories that I would really like to hear from others of you out there. And the famous "Look at that Son of a Bitch run" line during one of his UT football broadcasts!" (Chip Emerson)

The British invasion hit Ktown in 1969 as WNOX introduced Sir Bernard J. Quayle~




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Kim Carson has a new home at WTRV.

WNOX's Bob Thomas is now on Twitter.

Did you collect the radio pamphlets that had the week's top songs and usually a photo of a DJ and a station on air line up?

This is not from Ktown but it is of Ktown great "Paul Oscar Anderson!"

Send your photographs and memories to 101...

From the 101 InBox~

"WBLC was my first job in the latter 60's and Rick Smith was there. Jerry Jenkins and Mike Beach pulled a shift and the general manager was Ray Stockard. I remember the mixing board in the production room had a bad habit of working intermittently and needed a tap on the side to make it work again. Ray kept a hammer in the production room and you could hear him whamming the board trying to get it to work again. That poor board finally died from all the hammer blows to the right side. LOL" (Jerry Howell)

"It was Mike Beverly though who did the voice for the Reverend Judge Noose Coolidge, Pastor of the First Church of Gooey Death and Discount House of Religion which so far as I know only ran the one time, in response to the issue of UT playing football on a Sunday (in Hawaii). It was also Mike Beverly in the hot air balloon when it “crashed” with Dave Lambert’s dads battery." (500 MegaWatt)

In the beginning...my first on air job was at WBLC 1360 in Lenoir City! And you?

Back in 1976 Rick Smith was handling afternoon drive at "Super Sounds '76"...listen closely and you will hear Scott Sams too~



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Burfday Boy wishes a great day to Jeff Jarnigan!

WSB...Dave Foulk's old stomping ground in Atlanta is now simulcasting their signal on 750 and 95.5 FM.

Happy Birthday wishes to former Ktown radio star Becky Lynn!

From the 101 InBox~

"Thanks for reading this. I discovered and enjoyed your website today. I grew up in Knoxville. I attended two high schools in the early 1960s. Halls for two years and then graduated from Fulton High School in 1964. OK, so I have two radio personalities that I would enjoy sharing some memories with. Is there anybody at Ktown Radio or that you know who would remember: Jim Lloyd, who was at WROL for many years. He was my uncle and had one of the first radios in Knoxville. Ron Ashburn, who was at WNOX doing news and the farm report. I grew up as his next door neighbor and have some great memories of Ron and his wife Jane. Thanks!" (Allen Kelley Warrenton, North Carolina)

Former Ktown TV news anchor Kim Simmons is back, here she is on WNOX 100.3...

This is a classic photo of Mike Beach and Phil Williams, they worked mornings together and separately at WIMZ.

The 101 Audio Vault travels to '81 and features Mike and Jerry Howell...